Pledge to Save Our Human Rights Act

A diverse coalition of more than 130 of the UK’s most prominent organisations – ranging from religious and professional bodies to law firms, unions, environmental charities and the families of terrorism victims – have publicly committed to oppose any attempt to repeal the Human Rights Act.

As the Government confirmed its intention to replace the Act with a weaker “British Bill of Rights” in May 2016's Queen’s Speech, 137 organisations have pledged to fight the proposals.

The pledge reaffirms that human rights are universal, indivisible and inalienable – not a privilege to be given and rationed by any Government. It reads:

We believe in fundamental human rights and freedoms – shared values that protect every member of the human family and the society we seek to build together.